Toy cap



D. V. DAVS TOY CAR avi@ - {UNITE-D STATES Patented Mar, 4, 1924.

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DoNALn v. nAvIs, oir'siz- LOUIS, MISSOURI, assIGNoR, BY mEsNn ASSIGNMENTS, To A JAKE s. BRAUNIG, oF s'r. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TOY CAP Application filed March 31, 1920. Serial N0. 370,071.

v T o Aall whomz't may concern.'

' Be it known thatI DONALD V.D.iv1s, a

citizen ot" the United States, residing :it the city 'of St. Louis and Stat-eofMissouri, have invented new 'and usefulflrnprovements in which may be 'economically manufactured and which will be durable in use.

Another' objectof the invent-ion is to porvide an all-metal toy'ca'r lia-ving thev body thereof so fori'ned as to have relatively great strength ind which' will have sutlicient resiliencyin'the structurel-to prevent; jar to .tle 2o user when in use.

Addtional'advantages and' features of the i construction will be apparent'from the fol- Fig. 4 is a. .detaile view' of -a lowing detailed `description taken in connection with which. f

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theafcconipanying drawing, in

portieri of Vthe steering mechanism. 4

illustrated' "n the {dra'vvingvthe inven-y tion'includes'a racket-shapediplate' 1 having.

-a wide rear-.portion forming a seat and a narrow portion .extending `forwardly trom theseat to the 'forward end of. the plate, leavingv free play :furthe legs of the child 'at 'the sides ofthe narrow portion throughout the lengththereof. The-plateis provided with a'depending -reinforcingange 2. 'I .fhe Abody portionis' preferably stamped fromV relatively thingauge metal so 'that it will provide-*a 'seatin portion having suiiicient resiliencyto ma e it comfortable for the operator when used', Near the front of the body portion is an opening 3 for the steering.

post; Around the opening' andinorder to reinforce the `frontV end fof the plate 1. 'i A'-"anfannular bead 1f-is formed. Beads 5 Af'rined nea-r each side of the narrow portion of the plate extend backwardly some dis tance'rom the. point at which the plate com- "menc'e's to widen'into the Wideresilient seating portion so that the entranarrow portion lf plate ivill'besuliciently reinforced to Y prevent collapsing or bending thereof. By`

' I handige From the foregoing it will be seen that a providing the'reinforcing beads 4 and 5 and the flanges 2 the seat plate may be made-of very light material and yet have uiiicieiit strength to support the weight of t e user.

The rear wheels 6 of the car are supported by a U-shaped bracket 7' having its central portion extending transversely' across and attached to the seating plate b screws 8.. openings' A rear axle 9 extends throng near the extremities of the U-shaped bracket 7, the .Wheels fitting over the ends of the portion 15, an inclined leg 16, and a hori- 'rental portion 17, Ais secured beneath the narrow portion ot' the plate l by bolts 18 and 19 passing through the reinforcing plate 11. This bracket constitutes a support for a steering post 20 having at itsfupper end a highly desirable and important feature of my'invention consists of the plate 1v which is relatively thin and resilient and' which 1s so constructed and arranged as to form *a wide resilient seating portion near the rear end thereof, having a smooth Supper surface. The extreme rear end of the 'resilient plate is strengthenedby the bracket?. This resilient plate, as clearly shovtnin Figsjg f1 and I 3, is substantiallyrachet-shaped, the 'wide resilient seating portion having its side edges converging ier a.l dist-an'ce, `and 'ter- `minating in amai-row portion extending forwardly to the forward end of the'plate leaving4 fieeplay for the legs of the child at the sides of the `narrovzf portion through'- out 'the length thereof; Thusthere are 'no narrow portion ofthe' plate is strengthened,

terminate infront of the seating portion of the plate, thereby providing a perfectly itc4 lateral projections at the sides of the nar- Y 501 mitting it to be shipped in a smooth and -resilient seat between' the bracket 7 and the rear ends'of said reinforce# 4'mentsj.v .A

A fork 22E having a lateral plate 23 is attached to the lower end ofthe steering post, the steering post being held from rotation in respect of the fork by forming a squared extremity 2a at the end of the post 4which seats in a squared opening in the ,lateral 110. plate 23. A cotter pin 25 extends through an opening in the squared portion 24 at the end of the steering post 'and servesto hold the steering post in Aconnection with the fork.

A cotter pin 26'is passed through an opening iii-the steering post just above the upper fase of, the section 15 of :the supporting bracket and prevents vertical movement of the steering post in its mounting. -A shaft 27 extends between the two branches vof the fork 22 .near its lower extremity and carries the front wheel '28, being removably securedin its mounting by v cotter pins 29.

e rear axle is braced by 'a pair'of struts 30 that extend from the bolt 19 to which they are attached obliquely outwardly and are connected with the rear axle, eyes 31, being formeda't the extremities of the strut for that purpose. Itwill 3p be understood in mounting the rear axle 9 that; it is slipped endwise through the openings in the extremity of the bracket 7- and throu h the eyes 31, the rear axle being held'om lateral motion by eotter pins 32 extending through the axle at the outside of the bracket 7, and additional cotter pins 33 extending through the axle adjacent to 'the inner face of the struts. The struts 30 are of metal having a slight re- 40 siliency in order to permit a slight springingC motion in the body or seat of the oar. he toy car constructed in accordance with the present invention is extremely durable, there being no parts that will readily break. The seat of the car is so designed that it will have sufficient; spring toavoid shock and jar to the user. The construo- `tion of the c'ar is such that it may be readily :assembled and disassembled, thereby perknock down condition. llhe assembly of the car is sufciently simple so that it requires no skill in assembling the parts,

. I am' aware that the structure may be modiiedin certain details without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. I do noliligit myself therefore to the exact detail shown and described, but what I claim ad desire tol secure,I by Letters Patent, is l. A toy car, comprising a relatively thin racket-shaped metallic plate composed of afwide rear porti n forming a resilient seat a d a narrowl poiltion extending Vforwardly B5 from the seat V'to the forward end of the the shaft 27-l 'plate leaving free play 'the legs of the child, at the sides of the narrow -ing'element secured to the under .side of the narrow portion of said late, an axle shata bracket 4secured to t 4e under side of the wide portion near the rear end 'there'- ofand having its arms extending'downrtion wthroughout thelength thereof, a. remforcewardly and connected to said shaft, wheels on `the end portions of saidfshaft, struts braci the'ends of the bracket arms and extending'forwardly Aand connected with said reinforcing element, aliracket supported near the forward' end oflsaidplate, a steering post extending through 'said plate and through said reinforcing element and said last-named bracket, and a wheel con- 'trolled by said post. A

2. -A' toy car, comprising aresillentmetal plat/ e having a substantially Awide seatingportion near its rear end and 'fa relatively narrow portion extending forwardly from .the'seatmg portion to the forward end of the plate, leaving'free lay'for' the legs of the c liildjatV the sides 0 the narrow portion throughout the' length thered f,-reinforcing beads near the marginal edges'fofithe narrow portionI extending rearwardly for a distance into the wide rear portion, a bracket secured to the under side of the wide rear portion and having its arms extending downwardly, leaving a smooth resilient seat-- ing portion'between the 'rearyends of said ds and 'said' bracket, an axle shaft extending through the lower ends of the arms of said bracket, wheels on said shaft, and a steering wheel device at the narrow forward end of the plates.

3. A toy car, comprising a metallic plate forming a wide seating lportion at its rear end land a narrow portion at its. forward end, a marginal depending Avreinforcing flange aroundV the edgeof said plate, reinforcing beads in the narrow forward portion of said plate extendingl rearwardly for a distance into the wide portion thereof, a U- shaped bracket having its central portion extending transversely across the under side of the wide portion of said plate a considerable distance rearwardly from the rear ends of said beads, leaving a flat resilient seating portion between said bracket and the ends of said beads, an axle shaft passing through the ,lower ends of the arms of said bracket, wheels on the end portions of said sha-ft, struts having their lower ends connected with said shaft near the ends of the arms of said bracket and having their forward ends secured to the narrow portion of said plate, and a'steering device at the ,forward end of said plate. f

4. A toy car, comprising a resilient Vmetallic plate which` is substantially racketshaped providing a wide-'fseating portion at its rear end and' a narrow poilion extend- Ward end ofthe plate, leaving -ing :forwardly to 'the forward-. end of the .plate @rider at'the ,sides throughout the .length thereof, reinforcing' ,leaving free `playfor thai-legs of the of the narrow portion structure extending to the connection of the narrow portion with the' wide portion and terminating in front' of the seating portion of the plate, a steering device atthe forward end of the. plate, a bracket supporting the rear end o the plate leaving a resilient seating portion between the bracket and said reinforcing structure, an axle shaft in connection with saidv bracket, and wheels on the ends `,of said axle shaft. 'l 5. A toy car, comprising a resilient metallie plate which is substantially racketishaped having a wide seating portion at its rear end and a narrow portionextendin' to 'the forree play for the legs of the rider at'thesides ofthe narrow iportion throu hout the lengthithereof a supporting brac et for the rear end' of the seating portion of the plate, reinforcing structure for the narrow portion of the plate terminating in front ofthe seating portion, and a depending isnge around the edge of said plate.

` 6. A toy car, oomprisin metallic plate which issu shaped, having a wide, resilientsseating pora. relatively thin s'tantially racket' tionat its rear end and a narrow portion extending forwardly from the seating portion to the forward end of the plate, leaving free play for the legs of the rider at the -side's of the narrow portion throughout the length' thereof, a support for the rear end of said plate, reinforcements for the narrow portion of said plate terminating in front of the seating portion and leaving a resilient seating portion between the ends of said reinforcements and said support, and a steerino' device at the forward end of said late. In a toy car, the combination with a running gear comprising wheels at the rear end of the car, and a steering device at the forward end of the car, of a raeket-sliaped metallic plate supported by the running gear and composed of a relatively resilient rear seating portion and a. relatively nonresilient forward end, the non-resilient forward end being relatively narrow and permitting the l sof the rider to work freely at the sides tiereo'f in `propelling the car, 'and a protecting dan e along the side edges of said plate extending from the forward end thereot` throughout'the length of the ,narrow 'forwar end at the sides of which the legs of the. bild work in propelling the ca r.

' DONALD V. DAVIS 

